Sentence examples for a direct reference to from inspiring English sources

Not surprisingly, no justice made a direct reference to those events.

(The circle hats with pushed back brim seemed a direct reference to Foster's character of Iris).

Though, perhaps, tactically she chose not to make a direct reference to fashion.

That, they said, is a direct reference to the Alawite faith of the leadership.

"This is not the whole story," he said, making a direct reference to the United States position.

"I deeply regret that my actions were mistakenly interpreted as a direct reference to Congressman Stupak himself".

The unusual shape of the building is a direct reference to the cathedral, Mr. Mayer H. said.

He opened with a direct reference to the threat: "Thank you very much for being here tonight.

"We have paid our bills" — a direct reference to the former administration's practice of withholding some payment due the world body while it pressed for changes there.

In what could have been interpreted as a direct reference to Starbucks, David Cameron warned companies seen as avoiding tax to "wake up and smell the coffee".

Beyond this, he deleted numerous expressions of religious faith, a direct reference to Yom Kippur, terrified reports of Germans seizing Jews in Amsterdam.